Choros #12
Appleby Catalogue W number:
W233
This sprawling work contains lots of great stuff: big tunes, interesting rhythms, and felicitous bits of orchestration. It's a valuable work and one of Villa's great, big orchestral "things".
This excellent Amazon.co.uk review by Bert Berenschot (whose opinion I value very highly!) is a good introduction to the work.
The work was dedicated to Jose Candido de Andrade Muricy.
Year Composed:
Category:
Choros
Orchestral Works
Instrumentation:
| 2 piccolos | 3 flutes | 3 oboes | English horn |
| 3 clarinets | bass clarinet | 2 saxophones | 3 bassoons |
| contrabassoon | 8 horns | 4 trumpets | 4 trombones |
| tuba | timpani | tam-tam | cymbals |
| cuica | bombo | xylophone | tambor |
| celesta | 2 harps | piano | strings |
Scores:
The work is published by Max Eschig. The autograph score (227 pp.) is in the Museu Villa-Lobos.
Recordings:
Performances:
Finally, this work is being performed in Sao Paulo at the end of 2012.
An important historic performance: February 23, 1945 - Villa-Lobos conducted the premiere of Choros No. 12 with the Boston Symphony.